Sunday, 24 July 2016

The Barcelona star's new look was revealed by his wife Antonella on her Instagram page and unsurprisingly the reaction from fans was mixed.

Lionel Messi hasn't enjoyed the best of summers. He was part of the Argentina side that lost in the Copa America final for the second consecutive year while Cristiano Ronaldo won Euro 2016 with Portugal - and now he's plumped for a quite loud haircut.

Rather than stick with his natural hair colour of brown, as he has done for the majority of his decorated career, the 29-year-old decided to bleach his hair blonde

Antonella used the caption '#blondeboy' yet she probably didn't expect such a high number of his adorning fans who certainly weren't as impressed as she was.

He was supposed to remain on holiday until the start of August in order for him to get as much rest as possible ahead of the new campaign but he will travel with his club team-mates to England this week.

Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has named Messi in his 25-man travelling squad that will take part in a training camp at St George's Park, the FA's national football centre.
The 5-Times World best player could also feature in their pre-season friendly against Liverpool at Wembley on August 6.